Are you interested in Yoga?

Well done on that rowing wod earlier this week. With a ton of push ups and power cleans thrown in it’s amazing how challenging even 500m on the erg can get. Everyone hit it hard and that solid work will definitely pay off.

I’ve been talking with a member who has been finishing up her yoga certification and we’d like to know if there is any interest in taking a yoga class either pre or post wod once a week. Thoughts?

I personally love yoga for it’s focus on breathing and stretching while holding strong poses. If you’d like to get in on some yoga with me once a week please shoot me an email or comment below with your interest. If we can get enough interest to make it a weekly or monthly session then we’ll get it going. – Pat@CrossFitBoston.com

Also, Welcome Stan! Stan is graduating with Fight Gone Bad this week and will be joining you in group classes next week. He’s a solid guy from Florida – Go Gators! – who is excited to throw down with you guys. Be sure to give him a high five next time you see him.

Who are you and what are you about?

My name is Stanley Ng, and I’m a South Florida native now in graduate school at BU for mechanical engineering. One of my passions lies in science and cosmology, and I hope to have a hand in answering the many questions of the Universe in my career. I’m also a violinist, so music has been a huge part of my life since I was young. Unfortunately, I was never very active as a kid or as a teenager. It wasn’t until my first year as an undergraduate that I began to consider being physically active. That was short-lived, and my four undergraduate years were spent pulling all-nighters and eating fast food, or whatever food was available. I knew nothing about nutrition. Fast forward to the start of graduate school, and I refused to let myself remain what I was: a skinny-fat 150-lb. guy in his early twenties with zero physical ability. I began weightlifting two years ago in February of 2012, and have been able to gain about 25 pounds. Now, I love being in the gym and being active, pushing myself, and discovering every day what I’m made of.

Why did you join CrossFit Boston?

Recently, I started to feel “stuck” in my fitness, and I felt I needed something different. I was getting bored with my routines, and I felt that I was unbalanced in many ways and needed some solid direction. That’s when I considered, and thereafter joined, CrossFit Boston. I also don’t have much of a fitness community that I can share this lifestyle with, so it’s my hope that CrossFit Boston can provide that.

What are you getting out of the Private Training?

Private training has been able to isolate my instabilities and weaknesses and is teaching me how to address them. I’ve also been getting excellent training on the olympic lifts, which I’ve been interested in learning for some time. Finally, I’ve been taught valuable mobility techniques, as well as proper form on these major lifts. Pat has been an excellent trainer, and I appreciate his patience and his obvious dedication to every one of his clients.

What are some of your goals for this year?

I’d like to become well-versed in the olympic lifts and the many exercises of CrossFit. I’d also like to increase my endurance and work capacity and just be better every single day. I’m looking forward to making small day-to-day improvements, and learning from the many CrossFitters I hope to meet.

What are you looking forward to once you graduate to group classes?

I’m looking forward to the environment, people, and the many things I’ll come to learn. As others motivate me, I hope I can become motivation for others as well. I can’t wait to be around a group of people I can share this lifestyle with.